It’s been a long, long time since Chelsea travelled to White Hart Lane as underdogs. In days gone by, collecting three points from Tottenham was just one of life’s certainties — and for many Chelsea fans, the highlight of the season.

The Irish Examiner has devoted much space this year to Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa.

Brendan O’Carroll delves into the killing of his grandfather by British forces in Who Do You Think You Are?, tomorrow on RTÉ One.

ENGLAND: A Star Wars superfan who made £15,000 (€20,500) selling a single Boba Fett figure is auctioning off another 15 rare items from his collection.

It seems that the events to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising might yet be as divisive, as loosely organised and as controversial as the event they are supposed to honour. Once again the almost mandatory split — or splits — has worked its way to the top of the national agenda.

The Queen led Britain in honouring members of the armed forces killed in conflict as Remembrance Sunday services took place around the country and in former war zones today.

STAY OF EXECUTION

RAVENS, according to a study in the US state of Idaho, are changing their behaviour. These huge crows used to live only around mountains, desert anyons and sea cliffs. Now they are nesting on phone masts, buildings and steel towers.

Philippa Gregory

War reporter Tim Butcher and Irish nomad Manchán Magan are among those telling their tales at the Immrama festival in Lismore, writes Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin

Gun salutes will sound across London today to mark the birth of the royal baby as the armed forces join in the celebrations.

The young son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby joined thousands of mourners yesterday in remembering a “gentle soul” and “larger-than-life character”.

The funeral of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, who was killed in broad daylight in Woolwich in May, is getting under way in the UK.

The British soldier killed by suspected Islamic extremists in London last week was run over before being attacked by two men armed with a cleaver and a knife, and had to be identified by a dental expert, an inquest heard.

Murdered soldier Lee Rigby was killed as he returned to his barracks after a day working at the Tower of London, it was revealed today.

The UK will pay its final respects to Margaret Thatcher today as friends and foes continue to row over her legacy.

Margaret Thatcher would have been “honoured and humbled” by the presence of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at her funeral, her son said.

He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated, and reviled.

Derry has been named as one of the world’s best cities to visit in 2013.

DURING the fine weather in September I spent much time outdoors, working in the garden and in my small wood.

The history of these islands and their peoples can be read through their castles, ruined or restored, finds Mary Leland

The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals.

The Olympic torch received a rapturous reception from thousands of well-wishers who rose early to mark its arrival in the Games’ host city of London today.

A Royal Marine Commando today abseiled with the Olympic flame into the Tower of London.

A British Royal Marine Commando will abseil with the Olympic flame into the Tower of London today.

Queen Elizabeth joined a spectacular armada of 1,000 vessels yesterday for the most dazzling display of British pageantry seen on the River Thames for 350 years, watched by cheering crowds celebrating her 60th year on the throne.

There was something almost cruel about the way the fixtures fell.

HIPPO In The House by Lisa Regan, illustrated by Kelly Byrne (Bloomsbury; €5.92) is one of the Wild Things series, which introduce the very young to zoo animals.

A WONDERFUL moment in a wonderful play. It’s the point in A Man for All Seasons where Thomas More faces the evidence trumped up against him to get him beheaded and rid Henry VIII of a turbulent priest who will not countenance the monarch divorcing his wife.

AS the admittedly dubious claim goes, there’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama. Unless, it seems, you’re a 90-year-old Greek-born member of the British royal family whose name is Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh.

TAKING part in ceremonial duties for the royal wedding will be a family affair for the Irish Guards, its members said yesterday.

The King’s Speech picked up four Oscars with its star Colin Firth admitting he felt his career had “just peaked” as he collected the award for Best Actor.

Alex Ferguson has thrown his weight behind England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup and the Manchester United manager will play a key role in this week’s visit by FIFA inspectors.

SOMETHING is rotten — again — at the Tower of London, long known for its treachery, bloodshed, and executions.

IT wouldn’t be possible, these days, and it shouldn’t have been possible even back then.

WATCHING Welbeck, Gibson and Evans had me humming ‘if the kids are United’ as of old. It was a record we used to enjoy at OT almost a generation before some of them were born.

Free Agent gave The Queen a first winner at Royal Ascot since 1999 with a battling success in the Chesham Stakes, the opening race on the final day of the 2008 meeting.

Sustainability as a tourist attraction requires that a building must be ancient and hold dead people (the pyramids), bendy (the Tower of Pisa) or linked with imprisonment, torture and execution (the Tower of London).

More than half a million spectators are expected to descend on central London today as the Tour de France, the world’s biggest annual sporting event, hits town.

THE world’s top cultural body met yesterday to consider adding the Tower of London to its “in danger” list because of development pressures around its location.

ECUADOR says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked Unesco to add the habitat that inspired the theory of evolution to its endangered list, the culture agency said yesterday.

THE spirits of the dead have their annual night out this week. Ghosts, goblins and witches will be on the prowl, so carry a rabbit’s foot for good luck and don’t walk under any ladders.

Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne and rock band McFly have been signed up to play at the Prince’s Trust Tower of London concert.

Tests confirmed H5N1 in three birds found dead in Hungary, making the country the seventh EU nation with an outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu, officials said today.